Although several measures of the health of marriage in the United States have declined sharply since 1970, there are some signs of improvement this decade.

Santa Clara University’s solar house finished third in the Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The bishops offer principles of Catholic teaching that might help inform policy choices in Afghanistan.

None of the major health reform bills before Congress adequately addresses the concerns raised by the bishops in the areas of abortion, conscience protection, immigrants and affordability.

“For the first time in the history of humanity, the number of hungry persons has reached 1 billion,” Jacques Diouf told the synod.

Progress has been reported on drafting immigration legislation, and promised administrative reviews of some of the most harshly criticized aspects of federal immigration policies.